Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert first tested positive for coronavirus in March. Three months later, Gobert has not fully recovered.
Gobert, 28, told L’Equipe that he has not recovered his sense of smell. HoopsHype translated the part of the interview in which Gobert talks about his ability to smell things.
“The taste has returned, but the smell is not yet 100%. I can smell the smells, but not from afar. I spoke to specialists, who told me it could take up to a year. “
That’s not necessarily a major side effect, but it’s still troubling considering it’s been months since Gobert first tested positive. If you still have a symptom three months later, what does that mean for other people who test positive? Could others suffer the most damaging long-term effects of the virus?
Despite continuing to deal with the symptoms, Gobert intends to report to the Jazz for the season restart in Orlando.
After joking about the virus initially, Gobert became the first player in the NBA to reveal positive evidence. The league stopped its season after Gobert’s diagnosis. He apologized for his carelessness and urged others to take the coronavirus seriously.
Several NBA players have tested positive in the past three months. While some, like Jabari Parker and Malcolm Brogdon, have revealed their positive results, others have chosen to remain anonymous.
It is unclear how those players will recover in the months after those positive tests. They may be virus free and authorized to play, but that does not necessarily mean that they have fully recovered. Like Gobert, they could have symptoms that last for months.
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